The 11 best restaurants in Cape Town
There are 11 restaurants worth knowing in Cape Town, South Africa, and this is all of them. The rooms here skew chill, scenic and live music. Expect Lounge/Chill House, Afrohouse and Deep House on the floor. Prices run budget to high-end.
RED Roof (4.6★), Café Caprice (4.5★) and Ayepyep Lifestyle Lounge (4.4★) rate highest on Google across the set. Friday and Saturday are the busiest nights. Table Service, Valet and Private Dining are widely available. Every listing below carries photos, opening hours, the dress code where a venue publishes one, and a direct route to booking.
All 11 restaurants in Cape Town
Restaurants in Cape Town: common questions
What are the best restaurants in Cape Town?
RED Roof (4.6★ from 4,426 Google reviews), Café Caprice (4.5★ from 4,169 Google reviews) and Ayepyep Lifestyle Lounge (4.4★ from 1,002 Google reviews) are the highest-rated of the 11 restaurants Outlas lists in Cape Town, South Africa. The full ranking is on this page, with photos and booking for each.
How many restaurants are there in Cape Town?
Outlas lists 11 restaurants in Cape Town, South Africa. That is the curated set — venues are added by hand and checked against their own website, socials and Google listing, so it is not every licensed premises in the city.
What is the dress code at restaurants in Cape Town?
It varies by venue, and each listing states its own. Across the 11 restaurants here, "Smart Casual" is the most common — 9 of them (82%), followed by "Beachwear" at 1. 0 publish no dress code at all.
What music do restaurants in Cape Town play?
Lounge/Chill House, Afrohouse and Deep House are the dominant genres across Cape Town's restaurants. Each venue page lists its own music policy, and the busiest nights are Friday and Saturday.
How much do restaurants in Cape Town cost?
The restaurants listed here sit in the budget to high-end band. Outlas records a price tier per venue rather than a per-item price, because covers, minimum spends and bottle prices move by night and by season — check the venue's own booking page, linked from every listing, for the current number.
When are restaurants in Cape Town open?
Year-round is the season most restaurants in Cape Town operate in. Opening hours are listed per venue where the venue publishes them, and several close entirely out of season.
